Posted on 06/04/2003 10:09:29 AM PDT by Judith Anne
TORONTO (AFP) - A second SARS (news - web sites) outbreak here is tailing off, but the fallout from Toronto's severe acute respiratory syndrome is still felt at hospitals, businesses and in the rest of Canada.
Canada is the only country outside Asia to report any SARS-related deaths since it arrived in March. All 32 Canadian deaths occurred in the Toronto area. Seven of these are linked to the most recent outbreak, first reported on May 22.
Ontario's commissioner of public security, James Young, said that health officials saw a peak in new SARS cases over the weekend. However, they were not "seeing surprises" so far.
"We expect that we will see some more cases in the next few days," as the outbreak continues on a downward slope, he told reporters Tuesday.
Ontario, whose capital is Toronto, reported 64 probable SARS cases Tuesday, up two from Monday.
Of course it is. Pneumonia kills FAR more people than SARS has, and Ebola is FAR more infectious. Yet these diseases go through cycles without runaway effects to wipe out the Earth's humans (much to the dismay of greenies).
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